Hello all, Nurses are Professionals! Welcome …well I was sort of just letting this site fade away because I’ve been busy with other things such as various teaching projects, participating in webinars, and finally doing some writing that’s long overdue. However, events this last week have sparked a great deal of anger in me and I feel compelled to engage in the huge fight we as nurses find ourselves engaged in. The current US government administration has made some pretty poor and reprehensible decisions this year since taking office last January. I’m not one to hide my political stance and feelings, but I do believe it’s not always the best…
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Nurses Needed: The Nursing Shortage is NO Myth
Recently, the PBS program NOW re-ran it’s program on the nursing shortage. You might want to take a look. The recession may have slowed down the shortage temporarily, but the shortage is NO myth! For more information see the PBS site.
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Best Places to Work in Health Care
Nursezone.com reports that Modern Healthcare has released its list of 100 Best Places to Work in Health Care in the U.S. Is your facility on the list? What do these places have that yours doesn’t? According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, there are some hospitals that are experiencing no shortage of nurses. One such facility is Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack NJ where they actually aren’t using registries or travel nurses to fill their staffing needs. They also don’t recruit foreign born nurses. And they have a waiting list of nurses who want to work there. On the other hand, New Jersey lists a nursing shortage of 13%.…
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How to Prepare Your Nursing Resume
The research shows that there is a huge increase in demand for nurses in this country. The shortage should not give you, the prospective nurse or job-jumping nurse, a false sense of security. You still have to bring your A-game when applying for jobs after finishing up your studies or if you’re already established in the industry. This means that you need to have the most impeccable resume you can prepare. Make sure you remember that nursing shortage doesn’t lower standards. Unfortunately, your resume (typically a one-page document) is your foot in the door so you want to make the best impression possible. With that being said, here are a…
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Summit to Discuss Nursing Shortage and Faculty Shortage
On June 26 and 27, 2008, AARP, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor will hold a summit at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA to discuss the shortage of nurses and the shortage of nurse educators. The goal is to find solutions to the shortage of nurses and to improve nursing education capacities throughout the country. Every year thousands of qualified nursing students are turned down by nursing programs across the country due to the shortage of nurse educators. Many schools have long waiting list for nursing students. It will be very interesting to hear what ideas and solutions they come up with.…